Automotive Hardboard Product Specification List for Vehicle Manufacturers
(as of 11/05/2007)

The Georgia-Pacific Duluth Testing Laboratory tests products to the following specifications:

• Chrysler Group LLC MSLD 1-4
• Ford ESB-M2E66-B
• GM 2209M
• Hyundai MS 361-10
• Mitsubishi ES-X82310
• Nissan M7078
• Subaru TS 345-1-9
• Toyota TSL 3503G

In addition, product flammability is tested according to the following test methods:

• GM 9070P
• Honda HES C 206-99A
• Mitsubishi ES-X60410
• Nissan M0094
• Toyota TSM0500G
• FMVSS 302

Upon request, we will test a specific product to a specific vehicle manufacturer.

The Georgia-Pacific Duluth Testing Laboratory is accredited by the American Association of Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA), certificate number 855.01. The Scope of Accreditation for the laboratory can be found at www.A2LA.org.

Automotive Extended Manufacturing Enterprise Supporting the North American Automotive Market

These suppliers are experienced users of Georgia-Pacific automotive hardboard substrates.

• S1S - Smooth surface, screen back, wet process
• S2S - Smooth surface and back, dry process
• Master sheet sizes can be cut-to-size. See Cut-To-Size below for details.
• Untrimmed master sheet has rough, uncut edges. Board properties are not guaranteed beyond the trimmed board dimensions.

Unsanded Board

• Unsanded board is not suitable for applications that require tight thickness tolerances or a blemish free screen side.
• For products less than 2.5 mm, the board must be sanded.
• Thickness tolerance is defined as any individual point on a panel. The measuring device and technique are described in SAE J315.

Sanded Board

• Caliper sanding - For applications that require tight thickness tolerance, but can tolerate screen side appearance variations and blemishes
• Full screen removal sanding - For applications that require tight thickness tolerance and a uniform blemish-free screen side

Cut-To-Size

Finishing Options

• Duluth - overlays, roll coat various coatings and adhesives, printing
• Phillips - roll coat, printing, curtain coat

Product Specific Gravity

• Duluth - 0.98
• Phillips - 1.02

Product Weight*

Use of Natural Products

• Superwood® automotive hardboard contains more than 97% natural fiber... compare that to any other material used for interior trim applications.
• In wet process hardboard manufacture, synthetic additives are kept to a bare minimum. The naturally occurring wood components are used to bond fibers together under heat and pressure. The result is a strong and stable product that is as natural as you can get.
• The natural fibers primarily come from forest residue, waste materials and recycled materials.
• Forest residue - waste material that is leftover from logging operations such as tree tops and branches
• Industrial waste - waste and rejected material from wood processing plants, recycled board, recycled pallets

Internal Recycle and Utilization of Raw Materials

• Process wastewater containing dissolved wood sugars is concentrated by evaporation to create 10,000 tons per year of wood molasses. This material is used as an adjunct for cattle feed.
• Trim waste, sander dust, and wood chip screenings are used as fuel to generate 50% (280 billion BTU per year) of the energy needed to make the hardboard product.
• Wood ash from generating energy is used as a soil amendment (750 tons per year) by area farmers. This program is managed by the Agricultural Extension Service.
• Bark, wood fines and dirt are reclaimed from the chip washing process and converted into compost at a rate of 2,000 tons per year.

Customer Recycling and Uses of Board Processing Waste

• Fuel for generating energy
• Landscaping / mulch products
• Livestock bedding